Aeronca Arrow

Role  |
National origin | United States of America
Manufacturer  | Aeronca
Introduction  | 1947

The Aeronca Model 9 Arrow was a low-wing all-metal cabin monoplane with retractable landing gear.[1] It was marketed to returning pilots from World War II[2] and unveiled in 1947 but never went into production.

The single prototype (registered NX39581) was destroyed in a crash during a test flight due to propeller failure.

## Contents

* 1 Specifications
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[3]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
* Wingspan: 30 ft (9.1 m)
* Wing area: 137 sq ft (12.7 m2)
* Aspect ratio: 6.57
* Empty weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
* Gross weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
* Fuel capacity: 25 US gal (21 imp gal; 95 l)
* Powerplant: 1 × Franklin 4AC 4-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn)
* Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)

* Landing speed (flaps): 48 mph (42 kn; 77 km/h)
* Landing speed (no flaps): 54 mph (47 kn; 87 km/h)
* Range: 310 mi (500 km, 270 nmi)
* Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)
* Wing loading: 2.2 lb/sq ft (10.6 kg/m2)
* Power/mass: 15.9 lb/hp (9.65 kg/kW)

## See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

* Culver Cadet
* Globe GC-1 Swift
* Johnson Rocket 185
* Piper PT-1

## References

1. ↑ Simpson, R.W. (1995). Airlife's general aviation : a guide to postwar general aviation manufacturers and their aircraft (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 9781853105777.
2. ↑ John Paul Andrews (1945). Your personal plane. Duell, Sloan And Pearce.
3. ↑ Bridgman, Leonard, ed (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 176c.

## Further reading

* Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 31.

## External links

* Aerofiles: Aeronca 9 Arrow

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